Principal's Notebook
As the term draws to an end, it is timely that we reflect on some of the success stories at Redlynch State College this term:
We finally got the new Multi-Purpose Hall in use and staff and students love using this new facility. We now have three indoor basketball/netball spaces which gives us more dry spaces during the wet season.
The new Netball Academy has been launched and participants selected. This has proven to be a very popular new initiative and I look forward to growing the concept into the future. As mentioned previously, we are looking at launching the Academy on the primary campus in semester 2.
The Annual Secondary Cross Country has been run and students received their medals on a whole school parade on Tuesday 25th March. The winning house on the Secondary Campus for 2025 was the Falls Falcons! Congratulations to all 250 students who participated. The Primary Cross Country is being run today weather permitting. Keep an eye on Facebook for the results!
Primary Parent, Teacher and Student interviews were conducted Tuesday 25 March with many parents and their children taking the opportunity to conference and partner with their teachers to address student progress academically and from a well-being perspective. Secondary Parent Teacher interviews occur early term 2. Thank you to the Hospitality team for ensuring the staff had some tasty dinner.
The Year 7 2026 Parent Information Evening occurred Wednesday evening. It was great to see so many parents and students from Redlynch State College Primary campus and students from our feeder schools attend the event and take a tour of our amazing Secondary Campus. A big shout out and thank you to all the student leaders who gave up their time to lead the tours around the campus. As always, thank you to our Live Production team for setting up the sound and lights.
It is with great excitement that I can announce that the Nature Playground planned for the primary campus is finally going out to tender. In partnership with the RSC P&C Association and a $50,000 contribution from the Australian Government, Stage 1 of the Nature Playground will be completed by the end of the school year. Both the P&C and the College are contributing $200,000 each towards this project.
To add to the facilities improvement excitement, I am also very happy to announce that we have been successful in gaining $500,000 to complete a long-awaited upgrade to the Secondary Canteen. This work will commence during the June/July holidays. There will be some interruptions to the Canteen service during the construction time. There will be further clarity as to what that looks like in a newsletter next term.
Finally, I would like to take the opportunity to thank parents and community members for your positive engagement with the College during term 1. I believe we all understand that it takes a village to raise a child, and when that village collaborates and unites for that purpose we create strong and proud young people who are smart enough to mix it with everyone else! Take care and look after each other over the holiday period. I look forward to seeing all students returning fresh and full of enthusiasm on Tuesday 22 April.
